Bernard Bigot

Bernard Bigot
Bigot in 2013
Born	24 January 1950 Blois, France
Died	14 May 2022 (aged 72) France
Alma mater	École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines Pierre and Marie Curie University
Spouse	Chantal Bigot-Martin (née Martin)
Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear physics
Institutions	École normale supérieure de Lyon Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ITER
Thesis	Étude théorique de la réactivité des états excités des molécules organiques par la méthode des corrélations naturelles (1979)
Doctoral advisor	Lionel Salem

Bernard Bigot (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnar biɡo]; 24 January 1950 – 14 May 2022) was an academic, civil servant. He served as the Director-General of the ITER organization between 2015 and 2022. He was the president of the École normale supérieure de Lyon, and director of the French Commission for Atomic Energy.

Education

Bigot completed his doctoral thesis in 1979 at Orsay with Lionel Salem as his supervisor, titled Étude théorique de la réactivité des états excités des molécules organiques par la méthode des corrélations naturelles.

Personal life

Bigot married Chantal Martin in 1975.

Bigot died on May 14, 2022, at the age of 72.